I can't say I'm a Sonic fan but grew into it from their legacy products (starting on Mac IIfx with 2GB scsi sound discs!) and it's always been a love-hate relationship. This happened to me (after my latest OS upgrade) on SB projects that resided in a long-named folder.
#Best mastering software for mac 2014 upgrade#
Latest madness is inability to reopen projects from six months ago although the entire project remains untouched in the same place on a stable system where nothing much has changed.Did you happen to upgrade your OS in the meantime perhaps?Īnd now a blank EDL shows when trying to open an 'old' project, even after assigning the first 'unfindable' track when prompted?
#Best mastering software for mac 2014 full#
HOFA and Sonoris DDP Creator are an option if you need to work primarily at 44.1k/16-bit, but otherwise, you'll likely want a full featured mastering DAW like Wavelab or Triumph. Waveburner and DSP-Quattro have a nice simple design, but both seem to be left by the wayside by their developers. A goofy as Wavelab may seem, it's the most "normal" OS X mastering DAW I've found that gets frequently updated and is stable. If Wavelab is out of your budget, Triumph by Audiofile Engineering is worth looking at if you have time to invest learning a new DAW. You can do the sonic portion of the mastering in any DAW you prefer really, but using a dedicated mastering DAW for final assembly and output can save you some time and ensure continuity between all your formats. I like that I can sequence an album by loading in the 24-bit/native sample rate files and render a variety of outputs like DDP, 24-bit WAV, mp3, AAC etc. Yes, I highly advise using a dedicated mastering DAW for the final stage of mastering. Oh and I'd really like to keep it purely Mac rather than bootcamp / Fusion in order to get something PC based. Whilst I know I can do most of that in ProTools, I find there's something a bit more final about putting it into another program!Īny suggestions would be most welcome. I just want something that's quick and can give me a good overview of a record. I'm not so fussed about PQ coding / ISRC, text data etc. as well as being able to run off CDs for the artist, label and management. wav files into a session so that I can work on edits, fades, move track order around, move track markers, look at the running time etc. I'm currently working on a record and I'm at the point where I'm sequencing the album and I'd like to put all the stereo. I'm a recording / mixing engineer not a mastering engineer and whilst I appreciate that most of the professional mastering software is PC-based I'd like to know what you all think is the best native software solution for Mac?
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